JOHNA.SEAVERNS 


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THE    HOKSE 


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AND  HIS  MANAGEMENT, 


PLEA  FOR  THE  HORSE 


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REMARKS   AIND   SUGGESTIONS 


UPON    HIS 


TREATMENT  AND   MANAGEMENT. 


It  ought  to  lie  esteemed  a  happiness  to  mankind,  that  our  humanity 
has  a  wider  sphere  to  exert  itself  in  than  bare  justice.  It  is  no  more  than 
the  obligation  of  our  very  birth  to  practise  equity  to  our  kind  ;  but  hu- 
manity may  be  extended  through  the  whole  order  of  creatures,  even  to 
the  meanest :  such  actions  of  charity  are  the  overflowings  of  a  mild  good 
nature  on  all  below  us.  It  is  certainly  the  part  of  a  well-natured  man  to 
take  care  of  his  Horses  and  Dogs,  not  only  in  the  expectation  of  their 
labor,  but  even  when  their  old  age  has  made  them  incapable  of  service. 
We  cannot  think  it  extravagant  to  imagine,  that  mankind  are  no  less,  in 
proportion,  accountable  for  the  ill  use  of  their  dominion  over  creatures  of 
the  lower  rank  of  beings,  than  for  the  exercise  of  their  tyranny  over  their 
own  species.  The  more  entirely  the  inferior  creation  is  submitted  to  our 
power,  the  more  answerable  we  should  seem  for  our  mismanagement  of  it, 
as  the  very  condition  of  nature  renders  these  creatures  incapable  of  receiv- 
ing any  recompense  in  another  life  for  their  ill-treatment  in  this. 

Guardian. 


BOSTON 

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THE 


MANAGEMENT  OF   HORSES 


*'  He  that  is  soon  angry ^  dealeth  foolishly  ;  and  the  tender 
mercies  of  the  wicked  are  criielJ'' 

It  has  been  observed,  that  there  are  now  almost  as  many 
Horses  in  our  city  as  there  were  men  in  it  fifty  years  ago ; 
and  certainly  their  actual  number  appears  to  be  a  near  ap- 
proach to  that  estimate.  These  goodly  animals  are  under 
the  charge  and  direction  of  "  all  sorts  of  men."  Some  are 
kindly  governed  and  guided  by  the  hands  of  mercy,  while 
many  a  one  has  "  an  hard  master."  The  great  sagacity  so 
generally  shown  by  them  is  truly  wonderful ;  yet  they  are 
continually  suffering  from  the  smarting  lash,  or  the  brutal 
blow,  for  not  exhibiting  more.  An  old  writer  remarks,  that 
they  are  "  the  most  generous  and  useful  of  all  quadru- 
peds" ;  and  he  might  have  added  with  great  truth,  we  think, 
much  more  so  than  a  no  inconsiderable  number  of  bipeds, 
who,  though  they  manifest  but  little  of  the  former  trait 
towards  them,  are  quite  ready  to  require  of  them  an  unfeel- 
ing exaction  of  the  latter  characteristic. 

It  is  a  good  Horse  that  never  stumbles,  "  is  a  proverb," 
says  the  same  author,  "  that  intimates  to  us,  that  there  is  no 
creature  that  ever  went  upon  four  legs,  but  has  made  some 
false  step  or  other ;   and  that  many  mother's  son  of  us  who 


goes  upon  two,  has  his  slips  and  his  imperfections.     And  so 
the  French  say, 

11  rCy  a  bon  Cheval  qui  ne  broncke '' ; 
or,  as  it  may  be  plainly  expressed  in  English, 

There  is  no  good  Horse  that  does  not  kick. 

The  inflamed  tempers  of  men,  called  forth  in  the  govern- 
ment of  this  best  of  creatures,  have  been  the  cause  of  much 
of  their  unruly  obstinacy ;  the  smallest  deviation  from  the 
course  they  may  be  desired  to  take  being  generally  sure  to 
incur  their  anger,  and  too  often  their  abuse.  A  more  gentle 
means  of  kindness,  like  persuasion  with  their  own  species,  is 
much  more  sure  and  effective  in  subduing  their  wayward 
spirits — too  often  caused  by  reckless  force  and  violence.  It 
was  not  intended  that  they  who  were  created  in  the  image  of 
their  Maker,  and  clothed  with  "  dominion  over  every  living 
thing  that  moveth  upon  the  earth, "should  act  as  cruel  tyrants 
in  subjecting  the  animal  species  to  their  wills,  and  '*  if  there 
be  any  one,"  as  an  eminent  author  has  said,  *'  who  hardens  " 
himself  in  oppression,  and  justifies  the  wrong  because  he  has 
done  it,  his  insensibility  can  make  small  part  of  his  praise  or 
his  happiness."  Had  man  been  made  the  creature  of  instinct 
instead  of  the  being  so  ''  noble  in  reason,"  as  he  is,  we  fear 
he  would  bear  but  a  sad  comparison  with  the  poor  beast  who 
now  bleeds  and  suffers  from  his  iron  rule.  "  There  are 
some  brutes,"  says  Locke,  "  that  seem  to  have  as  much  know- 
ledge and  reason  as  some  that  are  called  men."  It  is  true, 
that  a  great  regard  for  animals  is  very  often  expressed,  but 
it  too  seldom  extends  beyond  the  tongue.  Our  sympathy 
should  urge  us  to  a  more  practical  performance  of  our  duty, 
if  it  does  not  incite  us  to  acts  of  generosity.  The  being 
who  is  deficient  in  benevolence  for  the  helpless  and  depen- 
dent brute,  has  not  much  claim  to  be  considered  above  him. 
It  would  seem,  that  the  beneficent  ordinance  of  one  day  in 
a  week   as  a  day  of  rest  for   the  ever-toiling   beast,  would 


lead  and  teach  men  to  imitate  the  watchful   care  of  their 
own  benignant  Master. 

We  are  aware  that  the  feeling  we  personally  entertain, 
and  which  we  would  have  men  exercise  towards  animals,  is 
not  unfrequently  characterized  as  an  extreme  sensibility,  and 
does  not  always  escape  the  ridicule  of  frigid  and  insensible 
minds,  which  are  too  common,  and  too  often  strangers  to  the 
better  sympathies  of  our  nature.  A  prominent  individual  in 
our  vicinity,  was,  some  years  ago,  the  owner  of  the  cele- 
brated Horse,  Bucephalus,  for  whom  he  had  long  cherished  a 
great  fondness.  Becoming  infirm  from  age,  and  a  burthen 
to  himself,  as  well  as  to  his  keeper,  his  kind-hearted  master, 
unwilling  to  trust  his  favorite  steed  to  the  care  of  those  less 
merciful  than  himself,  resolved  to  release  him  from  his  ac- 
cumulating miseries  by  taking  his  life  ;  he  therefore  applied 
the  deadly  steel  directly  to  his  heart,  in  order  to  subject 
him  to  merely  a  moment's  torture.  Still  retaining  a  change- 
less attachment  for  him,  he  caused  his  body  to  be  buried  in 
his  garden,  and  erected  a  stone  with  an  appropriate  inscrip- 
tions upon  it  over  his  grave,  where  it  may  now  be  seen  by 
those  who  visit  the  spot.  An  act  so  benign  in  its  intention 
cannot  but  excite  an  unmingled  admiration  of  the  feelings 
which  prompted  it.  The  cold  and  thoughtless  observer, 
however,  may  smile  at  such  a  philanthropy,  but  the  spirit  of 
the  "good  Samaritan"  is  ever  kind,  benevolent,  and  com- 
passionate. 

As  it  has  been  observed  of  another  "  generous  "  animal  — 
"  he  who  has  a  mind  to  beat  a  Dog  will  easily  find  a  stick ;  " 
and  Horses,  as  well  as  dogs,  (who  "  are  honest  creatures 
and  ne'er  betray  their  masters  ")  have  always  had  a  practical 
application  of  the  proverb.  It  has  been  said  of  men,  that 
"  the  world  is  too  much  governed,"  and  we  know  not  why 
the  same  remark  may  not  as  truly  apply  to  horses;  for  our- 
selves, we  think  its  application  to  the  latter  much  more 
appropriate.  Almost  every  one  has  probably  often  seen 
1* 


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exhibitions  of  the  remarkable  docility  and  playfulness  of  the 
horse,  when  under  the  gentle  discipline  of  those  who  have 
a  proper  regard  for  him;  and  we  think,  by  a  continually 
kind  usage,  there  would  be  seldom  any  difficulty  in  his  easy 
and  perfect  management,  his  stubborn  and  fractious  dis- 
position arising  principally  from  the  ill-treatment  of  those 
who  misgovern  him.  Horses,  comparatively,  are  less  irrit- 
able than  men,  but  are  ever  more  timid,  from  the  constant 
fear  of  a  kick  or  a  blow  from  those  who  have  the  charge  of 
them.  The  love  of  the  horse  is  truly  an  ennobling  trait  in 
the  character  of  any  one ;  and  we  believe  we  are  not  often 
mistaken  in  estimating  the  general  dispositions  of  such  per- 
sons as  composed  of  the  kindest  humanity.  It  may  be 
supposed  that  we  entertain  an  opposite  opinion  where  the 
reverse  of  such  a  feeling  is  manifested  towards  him.  The 
labor  of  the  horse  gives  ease  and  sustenance  to  his  often 
insatiable  owner,  who  repays  him  with  stripes  and  oppres- 
sion as  a  return  for  the  great  and  necessary  benefits  he  re- 
ceives from  him.  The  hearts  of  some  men  seem  to  have 
become  indurate,  and  we  have  sometimes  been  almost  led 
to  think,  that  they  may  have  lost  their  original  shape,  and 
been  resolved  into  the  form  of  the  "  almighty  dollar,"  so 
frequent  are  the  departures  from  its  noblest  element — a 
generous  philanthropy.  A  very  large  number  of  persons 
obtain  their  whole  subsistence  from  the  work  of  their  horses, 
which,  we  should  suppose,  would  secure  to  them  the  best 
attention  and  care,  for  when  they  fail,  their  ''occupation's 

gone." 

"  He  that 's  ungrateful  has  no  fault  but  one, 
All  other  crimes  may  pass  for  virtues  in  him." 

**God  tempers  the  wind  to  the   shorn   lamb,"   says  the 

sentimental  Sterne,  but  man's   benevolence  is  in   a  selfish 

aim  for  the  *'  golden  fleece"  that   shields  and  protects  Am 

from  the  same  unfeeling   blast,   unmindful  of  any  return  to 

"  The  patient,  useful  creature,  horn  to  bear 
The  warm  and  woolly  fleece  that  clothes  her  murderer." 


It  is  a  common  usage  for  most  persons  entrusted  with  the 
driving  of  teams,  to  be  supplied  with  a  whip,  the  handle  of 
which  being  large  and  heavy,  some  of  them  of  a  sufficient 
size  and  weight  to  destroy  a  horse  at  a  single  blow.  There 
are  few  persons  who  have  not  been  the  frequent  and  indig- 
nant witnesses  to  the  exercise  of  this  bludgeon  over  many 
a  horse's  head,  too  often  for  the  most  trivial  cause;  —  an 
act  too  vile  and  heartless  to  be  committed  by  even  the  most 
depraved  wretch  who  has  the  semblance  of  a  human  being. 
Drivers  are  likewise  frequently  seen  beating  the  knees  of 
their  horses  with  the  same  torturing  instrument,  and  often 
using  it  upon  their  backs  in  driving,  in  like  base  manner. 
Its  use  should  not  be  tolerated  in  a  Christian  community  ;  and 
the  owners  of  vehicles  who  allow  this  villanous  weapon  to 
remain  in  the  hands  of  their  men,  who  are  too  apt  to  use  it 
if  they  have  it,  should  receive  no  employ  from  any  humane 
citizen. 

Numberless  horses  are  ruined  yearly  by  the  unbridled 
tempers  of  men.  A  circumstance  of  a  most  revolting  char- 
acter occurred  about  a  year  ago.  A  driver  had  been  di- 
rected to  harness  and  put  the  horse  he  usually  drove  into  a 
cart  or  truck,  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  some  merchan- 
dise. In  attempting  to  place  the  bit  in  his  mouth,  the  ani- 
mal, as  is  supposed,  showed  some  disinclination  to  receive  it, 
which  is  not  uncommon.  He  seized  his  tongue  and  tore  a 
large  portion  of  it  (five  inches)  from  his  mouth,  the  fragment 
retaining  its  tremulous  motion  for  some  time  after  it  was 
thrown  upon  the  floor.  An  act  more  abominable  can  scarcely 
be  imagined,  and  for  which  the  utmost  severity  of  the  law  could 
inflict  no  adequate  punishment,  if  it  had  been  enforced.  What 
mind,  even  for  a  moment,  can  dwell  upon  such  a  deed  without 
experiencing  the  most  extreme  horror?  The  owner  of  the 
poor  creature  stated  that  he  had  lost  five  horses  during  the 
previous  fifteen  months,  though  he  did  not  seem  disposed  to 
attribute  any  improper  violence  to  his  men.     Others,  we  are 


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informed,  lose  a  similar  proportion  yearly.  We  have  since 
learned  that  the  horse  above  alluded  to,  after  a  respite  of 
some  months,  has  been  again  placed  in  his  former  situation, 
and  eats  and  drinks  with  sufficient  facility  to  enable  him  to 
perform  his  work. 

The  whipping  and  other  abuse  of  horses  have  become  very 
frequent  and  disagreeable  occurrences  in  our  streets,  especi- 
ally in  thoroughfares  leading  to  the  various  depots.  Very 
often,  and  we  may  say,  generally  overloaded,  more  particu- 
larly when  our  streets  are  in  bad  condition,  they  are  fre- 
quently maimed  and  goaded  to  an  unfeeling  extent,  as  resi- 
dents and  others  can  testify.  In  the  transportation  of  stone, 
lumber,  &,c.,  it  often  happens  that  too  few  horses  are  em- 
ployed for  the  excessive  weight  borne  upon  the  teams  which 
convey  it ;  and  we  are  continually  called  to  see  them  urged 
and  forced  to  a  shameful  violation  of  their  strength,  some- 
times to  an  extent  which  seems  almost  sufficient  to  separate 
their  limbs  from  their  bodies ;  and  this  too,  in  the  presence 
of  persons  bearing  the  external  appearance  of  men,  who 
generally  look  carelessly  on  with  a  most  disinterested  indif- 
ference. These  things  should  not  exist,  and  we  want  to  see 
a  spirit  enkindled  in  the  community  which  decrees  that  they 
shall  not  exist.  Let  us  be  what  we  claim  to  be,  humane  ; 
or  no  longer  assume  to  ourselves  a  superiority  over  an  in- 
stinctive race  in  many  respects  transcending  our  own. 

Horses  are  likewise  too  often  subjected  to  another  species 
of  cruelty.  During  the  most  intense  cold  nights,  they  are 
permitted  and  compelled  to  stand  mercilessly  exposed,  and 
without  the  least  protection,  in  our  public  streets,  hour  after 
hour,  chilled,  and  lingering,  in  the  most  extreme  cases,  for 
the  thoughtless  votaries  of  pleasure  and  amusement.  Fast 
driving  is  too  often  permitted  ;  and  the  practice  of  leaving 
horses,  attached  to  vehicles,  unattended  by  any  one  in  our 
most  thronged  streets,  where  they  are  continually  liable  to 
be  frightened  by  various  causes,  frequently  running  away, 


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and  endangering  the  lives  of  many  persons,  is  a  violation  of 
an  ordinance  of  the  city,  and  should  be  discontinued.  A 
criminal  neglect  too  often  probably  exists,  after  they  have 
been  worn  down  by  severe  daily  labor;  but  a  common  hu- 
manity should  not  permit  them  to  suffer  from  a  want  of  neces- 
sary food  or  care,  though,  it  is  feared,  that  many  are  sparingly 
supplied  and  negligently  attended  to.  Though  required  to 
"  work  while  the  day  lasts,"  men  would  greatly  subserve 
their  own  interests,  should  they,  unfortunately,  have  no  other 
inducement  to  extend  their  lenity  or  pity  towards  their 
horses,  if,  instead  of  employmg  them  almost  every  hour  from 
sunrise  to  sunset,  in  extreme  heat,  they  would  allow  them  to 
remain  in  their  stables  for  a  few  extra  hours  in  the  middle  of 
the  day;  the  incessant  and  immoderate  labor  imposed  upon 
them  during  the  late  excessively  hot  weather,  being  a  melan- 
choly expression  of  the  inhumanity  of  some  of  their  owners. 

Let  those  who  treat  their  horses  with  cruelty  be  noted  by 
every  observer,  the  name  and  number  of  the  vehicle,  which 
the  authorities  of  the  city  should  see  are  registered  upon 
it,  be  taken  down,  and  given  to  those  who  employ  them, 
that  they  may  withdraw  their  business,  and  entrust  it  to 
those  who  possess  the  kind  and  benevolent  feelings  of  men. 

The  subject  of  lessening  the  present  length  of  the  trucks 
of  our  city,  is  of  much  smaller  importance  than  the  too 
frequent  practice  of  overloading  and  improperly  balancing 
them.  Let  no  more  be  placed  upon  them  than  should  be 
justly  imposed  upon  the  number  of  horses  attached  to  them, 
and  their  dimensions  may  not  be  subject  to  so  much  objec- 
tion ;  but  while  they  continue  to  be  overloaded,  as  they 
almost  constantly  are,  thereby  injuriously  and  cruelly  strain- 
ing the  horses  that  draw  them,  the  public  may  well  insist 
upon  their  curtailment. 

Whatever  the  existing  laws  may  be  in  regard  to  the  abuse 
of  animals,  they  are  generally  inoperative,  as  few  persons, 
individually,  are  disposed  to  take  the  trouble  and  responsi- 


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bility  of  entering  complaints  ;  and  there  seems  to  be  no 
remedy  for  lessening  it  but  public  opinion,  which  is  al- 
ways a  sovereign  corrective  when  it  is  sufficiently  called 
forth.  We  do  not,  however,  feel  that  censure  should  fall 
upon  the  passionate  men  only  who  commit  these  cruel  out- 
rages upon   the  animals  under  their  control,  but  we  think 

THOSE  WHO  GIVE  THEM  EMPLOY,  WHILE  THEY  ARE  AWARE 
OP  THE    ENORMITIES,  SHOULD    RECEIVE  NO  SMALL    SHARE    OF 

IT.     As  Dr.  Darwin  has  said, 

"  He,  who  allows  oppression,  shares  the  crime.  " 

Let  individuals  of  all  classes  show  that  they  have  the  hearts 
and  sensibilities  of  men,  whenever  any  of  these  abuses  come 
within  their  observation ;  and  that  they,  and  they  only,  who 
are  "merciful  to  their  beasts,"  shall  receive  their  sup- 
port. 

The  preceding  remarks  are  not  intended  to  apply  to  per- 
sons indiscriminately,  having  the  management  of  horses, 
who,  as  a  class,  are  among  the  most  useful  and  deserving 
in  our  city,  not  a  few  of  whom,  as  we  often  have  occasion 
to  observe,  furnish  frequent  evidence  of  their  good  tempers, 
in  the  very  commendable  kindness  they  manifest  in  re- 
gard to  them  ;  but  to  those  who  are  continually  and 
grossly  violating  the  common  feelings  of  humanity.  There 
is  nothing  which  more  excites  our  admiration  than  the  ex- 
hibition of  a  kind  regard  and  a  charitable  sympathy  towards 
the  animal  creation  ;  and  we  are  actuated  only  by  a  com- 
mon desire  to  induce  men  to  become  more  considerate  and 
temperate  in  their  feelings,  that  we  may  be  the  less  frequent 
witnesses  of  their  anger,  and  perhaps  make  them  truly  sen- 
sible of  the  great  obligation  they  have  to  exercise  a  more 
Christian  forbearance  towards  so  necessary  and  so  noble  an 
animal  as  the  Horse. 


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!r//e  hiv  folloivwg  articles  originally  appeared  in  the  Mercantile 
Journal. 

CRUELTY  TO  HORSES. 

Mr.  Editor  —  As  your  Journal  is  one  of  the  most  independent 
papers  in  the  city,  in  reprobating  any  abuse  which  may  exist,  par- 
ticularly if  it  is  marked  with  cruelty,  I  respectfully  ask  the  favor 
of  a  small  space  in  one  of  your  columns  to  call  the  attention  of  the 
community  to  the  brutal  treatment  of  Horses  by  their  drivers  ; 
more  especially  in  respect  to  those  driven  in  trucks  and  carts. 
Scarcely  a  day  passes  that  the  writer  is  not  a  witness  to  some  in- 
human act  of  those  having  the  charge  of  such  vehicles.  One  of 
the  most  villanous  inflictions  practised  by  these  brutes  out  of  the 
shafts,  is,  striking  their  horses  over  the  head  or  nose  with  the  heavy 
butt-end  of  their  whips  —  an  outrage  for  which  any  being  claim- 
ing a  particle  of  humanity,  should  suffer  as  severe  a  penalty  as  if 
committed  upon  his  own  species. 

As  most  of  us  have  a  high  admiration  and  a  great  affection  for 
that  noble  animal,  the  Horse,  ought  we  in  this  well-regulated  city, 
to  permit  an  ill  usage  of  him  so  atrocious  ?  The  writer  would  sug- 
gest and  recommend  to  those  who  give  employment  to  this  branch 
of  labor,  that  they  withhold  their  business  from  persons  who  allow 
the  abuse  of  their  horses  in  any  manner  whatever,  either  in  im- 
properly whipping  or  overloading  them,  and  give  it  to  those  who 
are  ever  found  "  merciful  to  their  beasts."  And  let  every  one  feel 
it  incumbent  upon  himself  in  all  such  cases  of  barbarity,  to  observe 
the  name  and  number  upon  the  vehicle,  whose  horses  are  unneces- 
sarily strained  or  beaten,  and  give  notice  of  the  same  to  the  own- 
ers.    Let  the  laborer  be  "  worthy  of  his  hire." 


TREATMENT  OF  HORSES. 

Mr.  Editor  —  A  writer  in  your  paper  has  called  the  attention 
of  the  public  to  the  great  abuse  of  horses  driven  in  the  trucks  and 
carts  in  this  city.  I  wish  to  direct  its  notice  to  a  different  depart- 
ment of  horsemanship.  Our  city  has  long  been  justly  celebrated 
for  its  fine  carriages  and  superior  horses;  no  city  at  home  or 


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abroad,  I  believe,  will  compare  with  it.  A  nondescript,  denomi- 
nated a  Cab,  has  recently  been  introduced  here,  and  they  have 
been  multiplied  to  a  large  number.  They  are  convenient  for  cer- 
tain occasions,  but  their  use,  which  is  becoming  so  very  general, 
must  tend  to  drive  many  of  our  handsome  coaches  out  of  the  city, 
for  want  of  support,  which  will  be  much  regretted  by  our  citizens 
—  their  prices  being  the  same,  though  very  unequal  for  a  convey- 
ance. But  a  more  important  objection  to  this  vehicle,  is,  its  wear 
and  tear  upon  horses,  they  being  mostly  driven  by  boys,  who, "  drest 
in  a  little  brief  authority,"  strain  and  overload  them,  apply  the  lash 
almost  continually,  and  without  much  mercy. 

The  practice  of  letting  horses  by  some  of  our  stable  keepers,  to 
almost  any  and  every  person  who  applies  for  one,  and  will  pay 
therefor,  is  very  reprehensible,  as  any  one  can  testify  who  may 
have  witnessed  the  excessive  driving,  or  been  present,  out  of  town, 
at  some  of  the  stopping  places  of  such  individuals:  where  the 
horses  drink  most  of  the  water  that  is  drank  —  the  effects  of  the 
stronger  liquids  being  reserved  for  their  backs.  The  pitiable  con- 
dition of  some  of  these  animals  on  such  occasions,  cannot  be  im- 
agined, and  it  is  remarkable  that  their  owners  should  thus  lose 
sight  of  their  own  interests,  to  say  nothing  of  the  cruelty  inflicted 
upon  the  poor  beasts. 

A  more  humane  feeling  should  exist  towards  so  noble  and  useful 
an  animal,  as  the  horse.  There  are  many  individuals,  nay,  fam- 
ilies, who  receive  their  principal  support  from  the  labor  of  this 
much  abused,  untiring  quadruped.  Men  talk  and  inveigh  against 
the  inhuman  treatment  which  he  receives,  yet,  at  the  same  moment 
give  employment  and  support  to  his  unfeeling  owner.  Precepts 
teach  us  what  our  duty  is — examples  move  us  to  its  performance. 
Let  us,  then,  discountenance  and  forbid  this  demon  propensity  of 
man  to  torture  the  poor  and  degraded  brute,  by  employing  those 
who  view  and  treat  him  with  a  just  and  proper  spirit.  While  our 
community  continues  to  disregard  these  shameful  practices,  this 
goodly  creature,  designed  for  our  use,  and  dependent  upon  our 
mercy,  may  expect  no  better  fate ;  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  a  kinder 
feeling  will  be  at  once  promptly  manifested  for  the  "good  and 
gallant  steed,"  when  his  suffering  condition  is  more  duly  consid- 
ered. 

Humanity. 


